Sixth Khandhaka. Chapter 17
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1. Now the Blessed One journeying on in due course came to R"g"agaha. And there at R"g"agaha the Blessed One stayed at the Veluvana in the Kalandaka-nivpa.
Now at that time the Blessed One was troubled with wind in his stomach. And the venerable nanda thinking, 'Now formerly the Blessed One when suffering from wind in the stomach had ease from Teka"t"ula 2 gruel,' made ready of his own accord tila seeds, and rice, and beans; and kept
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them indoors; and cooked them indoors of his own accord, and offered them to the Blessed One, saying, 'Let the Blessed One drink this Teka"t"ula gruel.'
2. Now the Tathgatas sometimes ask about what they know (&c., as usual, as, for instance, in I, 31, 5, down to the end).
And the Blessed One said to the venerable nanda, 'Whence, nanda, is this gruel?'
Then the venerable nanda told this thing to the Blessed One.
3. The Blessed Buddha rebuked him, saying, 'This is improper, nanda, unbecoming, unsuitable, unworthy of Sama"n"as, not allowable, and ought to be avoided. How can you, nanda, think (of permitting yourself) such abundance? Whatever, nanda, is kept indoors, is not allowed; whatever is cooked indoors, is not allowed; and whatever is cooked of your own accord, is not allowed. This will not redound, nanda, to the conversion of the unconverted.'
And when he had rebuked him, and delivered a religious discourse. he said to the Bhikkhus: Whatsoever is kept indoors, O Bhikkhus, or cooked indoors, or cooked of your own accord, is not to be eaten. Whosoever shall eat ther, is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence.
4. 'And if, O Bhikkhus, there be food kept indoors, or cooked indoors, or cooked of your own accord, and one shall eat ther, he is guilty of three dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, and cooked indoors, shall have been so cooked by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and
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so cooked of your own accord, and one eat ther, he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences.
5. 'If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors shall have been cooked indoors, and of your own accord, and one eat ther he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors shall have been cooked indoors, and by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and of your own accord, and one shall eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and by others, and one shall eat ther, he is not guilty.'
6. Now at that time, the Bhikkhus, thinking, 'Food cooked of one's own accord has been disallowed by the Blessed One,' feared to offend by cooking a second time food (already cooked once).
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook food a second time.'
7. Now at that time there was a scarcity of food in R"g"agaha. People brought salt, and oil, and rice, and hard food to the rma. These the Bhikkhus kept out of doors; and vermin 1 ate them, and thieves carried them off.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
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'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to keep food indoors.'
When they kept it indoors, and cooked it out of doors, those men who practised self-mortification by living on the remains of offered food 1 crowded round them; and the Bhikkhus ate in fear.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook indoors.'
In the time of scarcity, those who (by offering food, inviting Bhikkhus to their houses, &c.) made (the accepting or eating of food) allowable (to the Bhikkhus), used to take more (for themselves), and give less to the Bhikkhus.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook of your own accord. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook indoors, and of your own accord, food kept indoors.'
8. Now at that time a number of Bhikkhus who had spent the rainy season in the land of Ksi, and were journeying to R"g"agaha to visit the Blessed One, did not receive on the way as full a supply as they required of food, either bitter or sweet. And there was plenty of eatable fruit, but there was no one to make it allowable for them 2. And those Bhikkhus went on in weariness to R"g"agaha, to the Veluvana, in the Kalandaka-nivpa, where the Blessed One was. And when they had come there, they bowed down before the Blessed One, and took their seats on one side.
Now it is the custom of the Blessed Buddhas to exchange courteous greetings with Bhikkhus who
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arrive. And the Blessed One said to those Bhikkhus:
'Do things go well with you, O Bhikkhus? Do you get enough to support yourselves with? Have you accomplished your journey without too much fatigue? And whence, O Bhikkhus, have you come?'
9. 'Things go well with us, Lord. We have spent the rainy season in the land of Ksi; and as we were journeying to R"g"agaha to visit the Blessed One, we did not receive on the way as full a supply as we required of food, either bitter or sweet. And there was plenty of eatable fruit, but there was no one to make it allowable for us. And we came on our way in weariness.'
Then the Blessed One, in that connection, after having delivered a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, wherever edible fruit is seen and there is no one to make it allowable, to pick it of your own accord, and take it away. And when you see one who can make it allowable, you are to place it on the ground, and (only) eat it after you have received it again. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take whatever (fruit) you have picked up 1.'
Footnotes
68:2 That is, gruel containing the three pungent (ka"t"u) substances, which are explained to be ginger and two kinds of pepper.
70:1 Buddhaghosa says, ukkapi"n"d"ak pi khdantti billa-msika-godha-mugus khdanti. The expression recurs in Vi, 33, 5.
71:1 Buddhaghosa says, damak ti vighsd. The sane explanation is given in Abhidhnappadpik, verse 467, where the Sinhalese expression is indul kann, and the English 'one who eats orts.'
71:2 See the last section.
72:1 Compare; below, 21, 1.
1. Now the Blessed One journeying on in due course came to R"g"agaha. And there at R"g"agaha the Blessed One stayed at the Veluvana in the Kalandaka-nivpa.
Now at that time the Blessed One was troubled with wind in his stomach. And the venerable nanda thinking, 'Now formerly the Blessed One when suffering from wind in the stomach had ease from Teka"t"ula 2 gruel,' made ready of his own accord tila seeds, and rice, and beans; and kept
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them indoors; and cooked them indoors of his own accord, and offered them to the Blessed One, saying, 'Let the Blessed One drink this Teka"t"ula gruel.'
2. Now the Tathgatas sometimes ask about what they know (&c., as usual, as, for instance, in I, 31, 5, down to the end).
And the Blessed One said to the venerable nanda, 'Whence, nanda, is this gruel?'
Then the venerable nanda told this thing to the Blessed One.
3. The Blessed Buddha rebuked him, saying, 'This is improper, nanda, unbecoming, unsuitable, unworthy of Sama"n"as, not allowable, and ought to be avoided. How can you, nanda, think (of permitting yourself) such abundance? Whatever, nanda, is kept indoors, is not allowed; whatever is cooked indoors, is not allowed; and whatever is cooked of your own accord, is not allowed. This will not redound, nanda, to the conversion of the unconverted.'
And when he had rebuked him, and delivered a religious discourse. he said to the Bhikkhus: Whatsoever is kept indoors, O Bhikkhus, or cooked indoors, or cooked of your own accord, is not to be eaten. Whosoever shall eat ther, is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence.
4. 'And if, O Bhikkhus, there be food kept indoors, or cooked indoors, or cooked of your own accord, and one shall eat ther, he is guilty of three dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, and cooked indoors, shall have been so cooked by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and
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so cooked of your own accord, and one eat ther, he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences.
5. 'If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors shall have been cooked indoors, and of your own accord, and one eat ther he is guilty of two dukka"t"a offences. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept indoors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors shall have been cooked indoors, and by others, and one eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and of your own accord, and one shall eat ther, he is guilty of a dukka"t"a offence. If, O Bhikkhus, food kept out of doors, shall have been cooked out of doors, and by others, and one shall eat ther, he is not guilty.'
6. Now at that time, the Bhikkhus, thinking, 'Food cooked of one's own accord has been disallowed by the Blessed One,' feared to offend by cooking a second time food (already cooked once).
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook food a second time.'
7. Now at that time there was a scarcity of food in R"g"agaha. People brought salt, and oil, and rice, and hard food to the rma. These the Bhikkhus kept out of doors; and vermin 1 ate them, and thieves carried them off.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
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'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to keep food indoors.'
When they kept it indoors, and cooked it out of doors, those men who practised self-mortification by living on the remains of offered food 1 crowded round them; and the Bhikkhus ate in fear.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook indoors.'
In the time of scarcity, those who (by offering food, inviting Bhikkhus to their houses, &c.) made (the accepting or eating of food) allowable (to the Bhikkhus), used to take more (for themselves), and give less to the Bhikkhus.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook of your own accord. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cook indoors, and of your own accord, food kept indoors.'
8. Now at that time a number of Bhikkhus who had spent the rainy season in the land of Ksi, and were journeying to R"g"agaha to visit the Blessed One, did not receive on the way as full a supply as they required of food, either bitter or sweet. And there was plenty of eatable fruit, but there was no one to make it allowable for them 2. And those Bhikkhus went on in weariness to R"g"agaha, to the Veluvana, in the Kalandaka-nivpa, where the Blessed One was. And when they had come there, they bowed down before the Blessed One, and took their seats on one side.
Now it is the custom of the Blessed Buddhas to exchange courteous greetings with Bhikkhus who
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arrive. And the Blessed One said to those Bhikkhus:
'Do things go well with you, O Bhikkhus? Do you get enough to support yourselves with? Have you accomplished your journey without too much fatigue? And whence, O Bhikkhus, have you come?'
9. 'Things go well with us, Lord. We have spent the rainy season in the land of Ksi; and as we were journeying to R"g"agaha to visit the Blessed One, we did not receive on the way as full a supply as we required of food, either bitter or sweet. And there was plenty of eatable fruit, but there was no one to make it allowable for us. And we came on our way in weariness.'
Then the Blessed One, in that connection, after having delivered a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, wherever edible fruit is seen and there is no one to make it allowable, to pick it of your own accord, and take it away. And when you see one who can make it allowable, you are to place it on the ground, and (only) eat it after you have received it again. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take whatever (fruit) you have picked up 1.'
Footnotes
68:2 That is, gruel containing the three pungent (ka"t"u) substances, which are explained to be ginger and two kinds of pepper.
70:1 Buddhaghosa says, ukkapi"n"d"ak pi khdantti billa-msika-godha-mugus khdanti. The expression recurs in Vi, 33, 5.
71:1 Buddhaghosa says, damak ti vighsd. The sane explanation is given in Abhidhnappadpik, verse 467, where the Sinhalese expression is indul kann, and the English 'one who eats orts.'
71:2 See the last section.
72:1 Compare; below, 21, 1.
